{{Short description|Highway in Tasmania, Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox Australian road | type = highway | road_name = East Tamar Highway | state = tas | route_image = | image = | caption = | length = 56.2 | direction_a = South | direction_b = North | end_a = {{AUshield|TAS|A3}} York Street / [[West Tamar Highway]]<br />{{AUshield|TAS|A7}} York Street / [[West Tamar Highway]]<br />{{AUshield|N|1}} Bathurst Street<br />{{AUshield|N|1}} Wellington Street<br />[[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]], [[Tasmania]] | end_b = [[Low Head Lighthouse]]<br />[[Low Head, Tasmania|Low Head]], [[Tasmania]] | est = | through = [[Dilston, Tasmania|Dilston]], [[Hillwood, Tasmania|Hillwood]], [[George Town, Tasmania|George Town]], [[Low Head, Tasmania|Low Head]] | route = {{AUshield|TAS|A8}} A8<br />[[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]] — [[Low Head, Tasmania|Low Head]] | former = {{AUshield|S|1}} State Route 1<ref>[http://www.ozroads.com.au/TAS/routenumbering/old/stateroutes.htm Former State Route Numbering System in Tasmania], ''Ozroads: the Australian Roads Website''.</ref> | exits = *{{AUshield|TAS|A3}} Brisbane Street / [[West Tamar Highway]] *{{AUshield|TAS|A7}} Brisbane Street / [[West Tamar Highway]] *{{AUshield|TAS|B81}} George Town Road *{{AUshield|TAS|B73}} [[Batman Highway]] *{{AUshield|TAS|B82}} Bridport Road }} The '''East Tamar Highway''' is a highway in [[Tasmania]], Australia. It covers the eastern edge of the [[Tamar River (Tasmania)|Tamar River]], from [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]] to the [[Low Head Lighthouse|lighthouse]] at [[Low Head, Tasmania|Low Head]].
It is labelled as route '''A8''', but prior to 1980 was signed as '''State Route 1'''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ozroads.com.au/TAS/routenumbering/current/A8/a8.htm | title=Ozroads: Tasmanian route A8 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ozroads.com.au/TAS/routenumbering/old/stateroutes.htm | title=Ozroads: Tasmania - former State Route system }}</ref>
Plans for a high-speed East Tamar Highway date back to the 1950s.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61108495 |title=Plans For New High Speed East Tamar Highway Outlined. |newspaper=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)|The Examiner]] |location=Launceston, Tasmania |date=4 November 1953 |accessdate=23 December 2013 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
==Major intersections== Four shielded routes terminate at the intersections of streets in the Launceston CBD. Because all the involved streets are one-way each route has separate inbound and outbound termini.<ref>{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Launceston+TAS/@-41.4388042,147.13301,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0xaa7a0a35aa0653f9:0x403c94dd0de0f40!8m2!3d-41.4332215!4d147.1440875|title=Launceston CBD |access-date=30 Oct 2018}}</ref> One of these routes is the East Tamar Highway. Distances from each terminus to a point on the route may not be identical. Those shown below are from the outbound terminus.
{{AUSinttop|length_ref=<ref name="Gmaps">{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-41.439898,147.1341865/-41.0578445,146.7913131/@-41.2506705,146.8008448,11z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=East Tamar Highway |access-date=30 Oct 2018}}</ref>}} {{TASint |LGA=[[City of Launceston|Launceston]] |LGAspan=2 |location=Launceston |lspan=2 |type= |km=0 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|A7}} [[West Tamar Highway]] (Brisbane Street) (A7) – from southwest – {{TAScity|Trevallyn}} / <br /> {{AUshield|N|1}} [[Midland Highway (Tasmania)|Midland Highway]] (Bathurst Street) (National Highway 1) – from southeast – {{TAScity|South Launceston}} / <br /> {{AUshield|TAS|A3}} Brisbane Street to [[Tasman Highway]] (A3) – northeast – {{TAScity|Newstead}} |notes=Southern end of East Tamar Highway. <br /> Road proceeds north west as Bathurst Street. }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type=incomplete |km=0.25 |Mile= |road=Cimitiere Street – northeast – Launceston |notes=No northbound entry from or southbound exit to Cimitiere Street {{Jctbridge |river=[[North Esk River]] |km=0.9 |km2=1.0 |bridge=Charles Street Bridge<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mapcarta.com/28684222 |title=Charles Street Bridge |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= |publisher=Mapcarta |access-date=31 Oct 2018 |quote=}}</ref> }} }}{{TASint |LGA=Launceston |LGAspan=7 |location=Invermay |lspan= |type= |km=1.6 |km2=1.7 |Mile= |road=Forster Street – east and west – Invermay |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location=Mowbray |lspan= |type= |km=3.2 |km2=3.5 |Mile= |road=Mowbray Link – northeast – Mowbray |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location=Newnham |lspan= |type= |km=4.9 |km2=5.2 |Mile= |road=University Way – northeast – Newnham |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location=Rocherlea |lspan= |type= |km=8.5 |km2=9.1 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|B81}} George Town Road (B81) – southeast – {{TAScity|Scottsdale}} |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location=Dilston |lspan=2 |type= |km=10.6 |km2=10.9 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|C742}} John Lees Drive (C742) – northwest – Dilston |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=18.1 |km2=18.2 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|C742}} John Lees Drive (C742) – southwest – Dilston |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location_special=[[Swan Bay, Tasmania|Swan Bay]] / <br /> Dilston midpoint |lspan= |type= |km=20.6 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|C739}} Windermere Road (C739) – west – Windermere |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA=[[George Town Council|George Town]] |LGAspan=3 |location_special=[[Mount Direction, Tasmania|Mount Direction]] / <br /> [[Hillwood, Tasmania|Hillwood]] midpoint |lspan= |type= |km=25.5 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|C809}} Dalrymple Road (C809) – northeast – Mount Direction |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location_special=Hillwood |lspan=2 |type= |km=27.4 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|C727}} Hillwood Jetty Road (C727) – southwest – Hillwood |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=31.6 |km2=32.4 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|B73}} [[Batman Highway]] (B73) – west – {{TAScity|Sidmouth}} / <br /> {{AUshield|TAS|C810}} East Arm Road (C810) – southeast – Mount Direction |notes= }} {{Jctbridge |river=Fourteen Mile Creek |km=33.4 |bridge=Bridge over creek (name not known) }} {{TASint |LGA=George Town |LGAspan=3 |location=Bell Bay |lspan=2 |type= |km=44.9 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|B82}} Bridport Road (B82) – east – {{TAScity|Bridport}} |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=45.9 |Mile= |road={{AUshield|TAS|C853}} Bell Bay Road (C853) – south – Bell Bay |notes= }} {{TASint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location=Low Head |lspan= |type= |km=56.2 |Mile= |road=End of highway – road continues to [[Low Head Lighthouse]] |notes=Northern end of East Tamar Highway }} {{Jctbtm|keys=incomplete }}
==See also== * {{Portal-inline|Australian Roads}} * {{Portal-inline|Australia}} * [[Highways in Australia]] * [[List of highways in Tasmania]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.ozroads.com.au/TAS/highways/highways.htm Tasmania's Highways on OZROADS]
{{Road infrastructure in Tasmania}}
[[Category:Highways in Tasmania]]